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Summary
- No one named Remington appears in the Bible, and the name has no Hebrew or Greek form.
- Remington comes from Rimington in Lancashire, “settlement on the Riming,” from Old English rima, “rim, border,” and tūn, “settlement.”
- Eliphalet Remington (1793–1861), who founded the Remington gun company in 1816, bore a biblical first name: Eliphalet is the King James spelling of Eliphelet, a son of David.
- E. Remington and Sons put the first commercially successful typewriter on the market in 1874.
- Remington entered the American top 1,000 boys’ names in 1983 and reached 227th in 2019; it has ranked for girls since 2014.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Remington” and “Eliphalet,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/remington
- Behind the Name, surname “Remington.” https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/remington
- Online Etymology Dictionary, “Remington.” https://www.etymonline.com/word/Remington
- SurnameDB, “Rimmington.” https://surnamedb.com/Surname/Rimmington
- “Rimington,” “Eliphalet Remington,” “Remington Arms,” “Sholes and Glidden typewriter,” “Remington Products” and “Remington Steele,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimington
- Scripture references: 2 Samuel 5:14–16 and 1 Chronicles 14:7, King James Version and English Standard Version.
